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1936 South Carolina

5–⁠7 (2–⁠5 Southern Conference), coached by Don McCallister.

Schedule and results

South Carolina in 1936, game by game: won vs. Erskine 38–0; lost at VMI 7–24; lost vs. Duke 0–21; won vs. Florida 7–0; won vs. Virginia Tech 14–0; lost vs. Clemson 0–19; won vs. The Citadel 9–0; lost vs. Villanova 0–14; lost at Furman 6–23; lost vs. North Carolina 0–14; lost at Xavier 13–21; won at Miami 6–3+38−21Won 38–0 vs. Erskine+38ErskineLost 7–24 at VMI-17VMILost 0–21 vs. Duke-21DukeWon 7–0 vs. Florida+7FloridaWon 14–0 vs. Virginia Tech+14Virginia TechLost 0–19 vs. Clemson-19ClemsonWon 9–0 vs. The Citadel+9The CitadelLost 0–14 vs. Villanova-14VillanovaLost 6–23 at Furman-17FurmanLost 0–14 vs. North Carolina-14North CarolinaLost 13–21 at Xavier-8XavierWon 6–3 at Miami+3Miami
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 19vsErskineW 38–⁠085%
Sep 26atVMIL 7–⁠2444%
Oct 3vsDukeL 0–⁠2122%
Oct 10vsFloridaW 7–⁠047%
Oct 17vsVirginia TechW 14–⁠048%
Oct 22vsClemsonL 0–⁠1947%
Oct 30vsThe CitadelW 9–⁠049%
Nov 7vsVillanovaL 0–⁠1436%
Nov 14atFurmanL 6–⁠2328%
Nov 21vsNorth CarolinaL 0–⁠1425%
Nov 26atXavierL 13–⁠2144%
Dec 11atMiamiW 6–⁠354%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Miami 6–⁠3; unranked in the final AP poll; 12th in the Southern Conference.

In program history: The tied 113th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 123 on file).

Players on this team

Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1936.

Record
5–⁠7
Conference
2–⁠5 12th in Southern Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
100–⁠139
Coach
Don McCallister
Elo
1365 −34 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−7.4 No. 96 of 131 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captain
Bob Johnson

All-Southern Conference

1 second team

Second team

  • Paul GaffneyOGAP-3; UP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1936 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1936 Southern Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Duke7–⁠09–⁠111
North Carolina6–⁠18–⁠2
Furman4–⁠17–⁠2
VMI5–⁠26–⁠4
Maryland4–⁠26–⁠5
Washington and Lee3–⁠24–⁠5
Davidson4–⁠35–⁠4
Clemson3–⁠35–⁠5
Virginia Tech4–⁠55–⁠5
Wake Forest2–⁠35–⁠4
NC State2–⁠43–⁠7
South Carolina2–⁠55–⁠7
Richmond1–⁠34–⁠4–⁠2
Virginia1–⁠52–⁠7
The Citadel0–⁠44–⁠6
William & Mary0–⁠51–⁠8

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.